Nathalie Baye

About

Nathalie Marie Andrée Baye (July 6, 1948 – April 17, 2026) was a French film, television, and stage actress. She began her career in 1970 and has appeared in more than 80 films. A ten-time César Award nominee, her four wins were for Every Man for Himself (1980), Strange Affair (1981), La Balance (1982), and The Young Lieutenant (2005). Her other films include Day for Night (1973), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Tell No One (2006), and The Assistant (2015). In 2009, she was appointed a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Baye was born in Mainneville, Eure, Normandy to Claude Baye and Denise Coustet, two painters. At 14, she joined a school of dance in Monaco. Three years later she went to the United States. On returning to France, she continued with dance but also registered for the Simon Course and was admitted to the Conservatoire, from where she graduated in 1972 with a second prize in...

Known for

Catch Me If You CanMovie • 2002Les Cinq Dernières MinutesSeries • 1958Downton Abbey: A New EraMovie • 2022It's Only the End of the WorldMovie • 2016Tell No OneMovie • 2006Beau PereMovie • 1981SpinSeries • 2012Criminal: FranceSeries • 2019DetectiveMovie • 1985Alibi.com 2Movie • 2023Haute CoutureMovie • 2021Alibi.comMovie • 2017Every Man for HimselfMovie • 1980The Man Who Loved WomenMovie • 1977Day for NightMovie • 1973And the Band Played OnMovie • 1993Laurence AnywaysMovie • 2012The Flower of EvilMovie • 2003An Affair of LoveMovie • 1999The Last WomanMovie • 1976Our StoryMovie • 1984MokaMovie • 2016A French GigoloMovie • 2008NoxSeries • 2018